>>50849435For me it's not so much useless abilities that annoy me but some Pokemon not getting reworked or new abilities post release. I think one of the reasons game freak made megas and regionals is to fix older Pokemon in this capacity, but it's such an ass backwards way when they could just go back and change the ability or typing or stat or whatever. Just a few examples of gen 1 monsters that come to mind:
>Electrode has Static, Soundproof and Aftermath. All three make sense for flavor, but so do Motor Drive and Lightningrod which work with the stats and the actual description of it in the Pokedex (which says it absorbs electricity to pick up speed / explode). Competitively both abilities would work better too since it's mostly a suicide lead/disruptor anyway>The Lickitung line doesn't get Gluttony. Just like them not getting Lick in Gen 1... >Victreebel still only has two abilities: Chlorophyll and Gluttony. Why not give it something unexpected like Corrosion or Aroma Veil? Both match its lore and personally I think giving it Corrosion I feel gives it a really cool niche, especially if they tweak Corrosion to let you hit Steel with any poison move>Hypno in general needs love. It has three kind of pointless abilities that don't help it much (Inner Focus, Insomnia and Forewarn). I don't think it will get Bad Dreams but it's definitely got potential for some sort of ability that buffs sleeping moves or something 